New Newcastle signing Massaido Haidara feels that the team he has joined feels very French, due to the amount of French players now at St. James’ Park.

Haidara signed on the dotted line for Alan Pardew’s men, making the switch from Nancy earlier in the week, and admits that the number of Frenchman at the Magpies played a part in convincing him to take the leap to the North East of England.

Newcastle already had a strong core of French-speaking players, while they added Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Mathieu Debuchy, Yoan Gouffran and Moussa Sissoko, in addition to Haidara, this month.